A bird crosses the sky the way a sad feeling
walks through this poem.

By Purbasha Roy
Essays    Reportage    Marginalia    Interviews    Poetry    Fiction    Videos    Everything   
Essays

With stops in Kashmir, Libya, and the United States

Poetry

Sometimes I wonder if belonging is to be approached gently, as if an abandoned thing.

Poetry

In this version, we’re both married. Happily.

Poetry

i don’t quite believe in God but i believe in music

Interviews

An interview with writer and director Shayok Misha Chowdhury

Poetry

we shudder red

Poetry

Hear the chants.

Poetry

You collected fallen petals from a rose

Mehfil, a folio from The Margins—and the second installment of the I Want Sky series—celebrates a spirit of play and performance within the queer South Asian experience, both within the subcontinent and across the diaspora.

Poetry

A folio celebrating play and performance within the queer South Asian experience

Essays

If fish stocks continue to decline, people all over will be disconnected from their ancestors, their history, the founding mythology of their people.

Essays

What the mysterious images of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s seminal work might tell us about her life.

Poetry

don’t block the mountains with windows
or walls, even

from Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s acclaimed bilingual play

Poetry

this was never going to be easy

Poetry

This is what I learned
the hard way to call precious.

Poetry

And what are we left
with without language?

Poetry

“Serenade” and “बहार / Spring”

Interviews

A interview with Jasjyot Singh Hans

Fiction

“How did you call me? Where am I? And what year is it?”

Essays

With stops in Kashmir, Libya, and the United States

Essays

If fish stocks continue to decline, people all over will be disconnected from their ancestors, their history, the founding mythology of their people.

Poetry

Sometimes I wonder if belonging is to be approached gently, as if an abandoned thing.

Essays

What the mysterious images of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s seminal work might tell us about her life.

Poetry

In this version, we’re both married. Happily.

Poetry

don’t block the mountains with windows
or walls, even

Poetry

i don’t quite believe in God but i believe in music

from Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s acclaimed bilingual play

Interviews

An interview with writer and director Shayok Misha Chowdhury

Poetry

this was never going to be easy

Poetry

we shudder red

Poetry

This is what I learned
the hard way to call precious.

Poetry

Hear the chants.

Poetry

And what are we left
with without language?

Poetry

You collected fallen petals from a rose

Poetry

“Serenade” and “बहार / Spring”

Mehfil, a folio from The Margins—and the second installment of the I Want Sky series—celebrates a spirit of play and performance within the queer South Asian experience, both within the subcontinent and across the diaspora.

Interviews

A interview with Jasjyot Singh Hans

Poetry

A folio celebrating play and performance within the queer South Asian experience

Fiction

“How did you call me? Where am I? And what year is it?”